[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nd5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Rd1 Be7 14.
Kg2 h5 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Be3 a6 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 b5 23. b3 Rh7 24. Bf2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh8 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27.
Kxh1 Kd7 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. Bh4+ Ke8 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. gxf5
exf5+ 34. Kxf5 Bc3 35. Bf2 Ke7 36. e6 Ke8 37. Bg3 Ba5 38. Be5 Bb6 39. c3 c5 40.
c4 Ba5 41. Kf6 c6 42. e7 Be1 43. Ke6 Bh4 44. Kd6 Bxe7+ 45. Kxc6 bxc4 46. bxc4
Kd8 47. Bd6 Bh4 48. Bxc5 Kc8 49. Kb6 a5 50. Kxa5 Kb7 51. Kb5 Bg3 52. a4 Ka8 53.
Be3 Bd6 54. Bd2 Kb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nf1 Qb8 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Bb1 Na5 21. b3
axb3 22. axb3 h6 23. Qd3 b4 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Qd3 Bb5 27. Qe3 Bd7 28.
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 22.
Rea1 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qf6 24. Rf1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. Ne2 Nxa4 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28.
Rxa4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rxe2 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rxf4 Rf8 32. Ra1 Rb6 33. g4 h4 34.
Kg2 Kg7 35. Ra3 Nc5 36. c4 Rb7 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Ra8 39. Ra5 g5 40. c5 dxc5
41. Rxc5 Rd8 42. d6 Rb5 43. Ree5 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Rxd6 45. Rxg5+ Rg6 46. Rh5 Rh6
47. Rg5+ Rg6 48. Rh5 Rh6 49. Rg5+ Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rxb7 f5 18. exf5 Rxd5 19. Qe1 Bxf5 20. Bd1 Rd3
21. Rc7 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qe4 Rc3 24. Re1 Rc5 25. Qd3 Rc3 26. Qe4 Rc5 27.
Qd3 Rc3 28. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nf5 d5 9. Nxe7+ Nxe7 10. f3 Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bf2 Re8
15. Nc3 Qg5 16. Qc1 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 Nef8 18. Bg3 h5 19. h4 Ne7 20. Bf2 Nfg6 21.
g3 Nf5 22. f4 Nh6 23. Ne2 Ne7 24. b4 Ng4 25. Nd4 a5 26. a3 Nf5 27. Bd3 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Nh6 29. b5 Bf5 30. Bf1 Rec8 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Bc5 Rcb8 33. Re3 Rb2 34. Rc3
Be4 35. Bf2 Ra2 36. Be2 Ng4 37. Bb6 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rb8 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Bxa5 d4
41. Rc4 Bf5 42. Bb4 Rd8 43. Bd6 Ra2 44. Rd1 Bxc2 45. Rdxd4 Bf5 46. Bb4 Ra8 47.
Rc5 Be6 48. Rc1 Kh7 49. Rcd1 Rb2 50. R4d2 Rb3 51. Rd3 Rb2 52. R1d2 Rb1+ 53. Kf2
Rc8 54. Rc3 Rxc3 55. Bxc3 Rb3 56. Bb4 Bf5 57. Rd4 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Kf2 Rf3+
60. Kg2 Re3 61. Rc4 Be6 62. Rc3 Re2+ 63. Kf1 Rb2 64. Ke1 Kg6 65. Bf8 Rb8 66.
Bb4 Kf5 67. Kd2 Ke4 68. Re3+ Kd5 69. Rd3+ Ke4 70. Re3+ Kd5 71. Re1 Kd4 72. Bc3+
Kd5 73. Re3 g6 74. Rd3+ Ke4 75. a4 Rb3 76. Re3+ Kd5 77. Rd3+ Ke4 78. Re3+ Kd5
79. Re1 Bf5 80. a5 Kc4 81. Rc1 Kb5 82. Ra1 Ka6 83. Ra4 Rb5 84. Rd4 Rb8 85. Ke3
Rc8 86. Rd6+ Kb5 87. Rb6+ Kc4 88. Bd4 Rd8 89. a6 Ra8 90. Rd6 Rb8 91. Rc6+ Kd5
92. a7 Ra8 93. Rb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
a6 9. Nd4 Nge7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxc2 12. Qd2 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg2 Nd5
15. Bxe4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qa5+ 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Bxc5 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Rb1
Ke7 21. Ke2 h5 22. g5 Rb8 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Rb7+ Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Rb1 h4 27.
h3 a5 28. a4 Kd8 29. Rb5 Ba7 30. Kf3 g6 31. Kg4 Bf2 32. c4 Kc7 33. Be4 Rxb5 34.
cxb5 Kd8 35. Kf3 Bb6 36. Bc6 Ke7 37. Kg4 Bf2 38. b6 Bxb6 39. Kxh4 Be3 40. Kg4
Bc1 41. Bb5 Bd2 42. Be2 Kf8 43. h4 Ke7 44. Kf3 Be1 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ne1 Nf8
15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e3 a5 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Rb1 Ba3 20. b4 axb4 21.
Nxb4 Qe7 22. Qb3 Ra7 23. Nc2 b5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nxb5 Ra6 26. Nbxa3 Bc8 27.
Nb4 Ng5 28. Nxa6 Qe4 29. Qb5 Rf8 30. Nc5 Qf3 31. Kf1 Nh3 32. Rd2 Qh1+ 33. Ke2
Qxh2 34. Kd3 Nxf2+ 35. Kc3 Qxg3 36. Qe2 Ng4 37. Rf1 Qc7 38. Kb2 Qa5 39. Nb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Ne2 O-O 16. a3 b5 17. Rb1 N5b6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bf1 Ndb6 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21.
Ng1 e5 22. Nf3 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 g6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Be2 Nd5 27. e4
Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Ne5 Ra4 31. Rc1 c3 32. Rxc3 Rxe4 33. Nd3
g5 34. Rb3 b5 35. Rc3 Rd4 36. b4 Bf6 37. Kf3 Rd8 38. Rb3 Rh8 39. Kg2 Bd4 40.
Ne1 Re8 41. Nf3 Bf6 42. Rb1 Ra8 43. Rc1 Ra6 44. Rc2 Kh7 45. Rd2 Kg7 46. Rd6 Be7
47. Rd7 Bf6 48. h4 gxh4 49. g5 Bb2 50. Nxh4 Kg8 51. Nf5 Rxa3 52. Ne7+ Kg7 53.
Nxc6 Kg6 54. Rd5 Kh5 55. Nd8 Rb3 56. Rxb5 Kh4 57. Nxf7 f3+ 58. Kh2 Bd4 59. Rf5
Bxf2 60. Rf4+ Kh5 61. g6 Kxg6 62. Rxf3 Rxf3 63. Ne5+ Kf5 64. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. e3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f5 17. O-O f4 18. Qf3 fxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3
Rab8 21. b3 Rb6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. e4 Ra6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Rb1 e5 6. b4 a6 7. a4 Nf6 8. b5 axb5
9. axb5 Ne7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. d3 h6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Ra1
Rc8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfb1 g5 18. Nd2 d5 19. Bc5 Nf5 20. Bb6 Qd6 21. Qa3 dxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Qe6 24. Rd1 e4 25. e3 Qxc4 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Bc5 Ra8 28.
Qb4 Reb8 29. Ra1 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxa1 31. Nb6 Bg7 32. Qxe4 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34.
Qxe6 fxe6 35. Bxc6 Kf7 36. Bf3 Bf6 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Nc4 Kf6 40.
Nd6 Rd8 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Nc5 Nf5 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Bg4 Ng7 45. Nb3 Rb2 46. Nd4
Kf6 47. h3 e5 48. Ne2 Rc2 49. Bf3 h5 50. Ke1 Rc4 51. Bd5 Rc5 52. Bf3 Rc4 53.
Bd5 Rc2 54. Kd1 Rc8 55. Kd2 Nf5 56. Nc3 Nd6 57. Bf3 Rh8 58. Kd3 h4 59. gxh4
gxh4 60. Nd5+ Kg6 61. Bg2 Re8 62. Be4+ Kg7 63. Nc3 Rf8 64. f3 Rd8 65. f4 Nb5+
66. Nd5 Nc7 67. Kc4 Nxd5 68. Bxd5 exf4 69. exf4 Kf6 70. Kc5 Kf5 71. Kc6 Kxf4
72. Be6 Rd2 73. Kc5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Bf2 Nf7 18. a3 f5 19. h4 Rc7 20. Rc3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Na5
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd1 Nd8 25. g4 fxg4 26. fxg4 Qc6 27. Nf3 Qc4
28. h5 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Be3 Kf7 31. g5 Na5 32. Kf2 Nac6 33. Nf4 g6 34. h6
Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Nf7 37. Nh3 a5 38. Bd2 Kc7 39. Nf2 b5 40. Ng4 Kb6 41.
Bf4 Kb7 42. Bd2 Kb6 43. Bf4 Kb7 44. Ke3 Kb6 45. Nf6 Bxf6 46. exf6 Ncd8 47. Ne1
Nb7 48. Nd3 Kc6 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Kg4 Nbd8 51. Nc5+ Kc6 52. b4 axb4 53. axb4 Nh8
54. Be5 Nhf7 55. Kf4 Nh8 56. Na6 Kb7 57. Nc7 Kc6 58. Na6 Kb7 59. Nc7 Kc6 60.
Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ng3 b5 11. cxb5 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3
Rb6 15. O-O Rb3 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa6 20. Bd2 Rc4 21.
Qe3 Rc6 22. Ra4 Rb8 23. Rfa1 Ne5 24. h3 Ra8 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qe2 d5 27. e5 Nd7
28. Be3 Qc8 29. Bd4 g6 30. Kh2 Rca6 31. Qg4 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Nxa5
34. f5 Qe8 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Nh5 Nc6 37. Nf4 Ndxe5 38. Bxe5 Nxe5 39. Qxe6+ Qxe6
40. Nxe6 Nc6 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kg7 43. Kf2 h6 44. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rac1 h5 13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. b4 Bd7 16. c5 Be6 17. Nd5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e6 20. dxe6 Qxd2 21.
Rxd2 fxe6 22. Bc4 e5 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. Rbd1
Kg7 28. Rd7+ Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Re7 30. Rd5 Kf7 31. Ke2 e4 32. f4 Ke6 33. Rd6+ Kf7
34. Bd4 Bg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Rd4 Rc7 38. Rd5 Rc6 39. Kxe4 b6 40.
cxb6 Rxb6 41. Ra5 Re6+ 42. Kf3 Rc6 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Kh4 Kh6 45. h3 Rc4 46. g3
Rd4 47. Rxa6 Rc4 48. Rb6 Rd4 49. Rf6 Ra4 50. a3 Kh7 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rf6 Kh7
53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rb7 Rxa3 55. Rb5 Rf3 56. g4 Rxf4 57. Rb8+ Rf8 58. Rxf8+ Kxf8
59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be4 Bf5 14. Bd5 Ne7
15. Ne2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. e4 Bd7 18. O-O Rfe8 19. a4 Qa6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Kh1
Rac8 22. a5 Qd6 23. h3 Rc5 24. Rfc1 Rec8 25. Nf1 f5 26. Ne3 f4 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28.
hxg4 Kf7 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. Ra4 Ke8 31. Qc3 Kd7 32. Rca1 Kd6 33. Qa3 Kd7 34. Qc3
Kd6 35. Qa3 Kd7 36. Rb4 Kd8 37. Qa4 Ke7 38. Qa3 Kd8 39. Qa4 Ke7 40. Kh2 Kd6 41.
Qa3 Kd7 42. Qc3 Kd6 43. b3 cxb3 44. Qxb3 Rc3 45. Qb1 Rb8 46. Rb5 Kd7 47. Qb4
Rc4 48. Qb3 h5 49. g5 h4 50. Rd1 h3 51. d6 Qc6 52. Rb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. g4 hxg4 15.
h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 Kh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. exf5 Rh8 21.
fxg6 Nxg6 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Rdf1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 d5 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Qf2+ Kg7 27.
Rf1 f6 28. Qf5 Rc6 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Bxd5 Rc5 31. Qe6 Rb5 32. c4 Rb6 33. Qh3 e6
34. Bf3 Qd8 35. Qg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 e5 7. d3 h6 8. b3
Be6 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Qe3 Nf8 14. Ne2 f6 15. Qg3
Bg8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Nc4 g5 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Qd1 Bf7 21. Ne3 h5 22.
Rb1 h4 23. Ngf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Bf8 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qf3 Kf7 27. Rfd1 Be7 28. Ba1
Kg6 29. c3 Rd7 30. Kf1 Rhd8 31. Ke2 Rh8 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kf7 34. d4 Rdd8
35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Rd1 Qb6 38. Rb1 Rd8 39. Qh7+ Ke6 40. Qf5+ Ke7
41. Qh7+ Ke6 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. Be2 f6 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Nd6 Nb4+ 20. Kc3
a5 21. Rhc1 Rfd8 22. Nb5 f5 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Kd2 Kf6 25. Rc7 e5 26. Nb3 b6 27.
Rac1 d4 28. Bc4 h5 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Re7 e4 31. Bf7+ Kg5 32. Re6 e3+ 33. Ke2 f4
34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Rc4 Rb7 36. Nxd4+ Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxf7 38. Rxb6 g5 39. Rb5+ Kf6
40. Rxa5 g4+ 41. Ke2 Kg7 42. Rxb4 f3+ 43. gxf3 gxf3+ 44. Kf1 Rc7 45. Ra7 Rxa7
46. Re4 Kf6 47. Rxe3 Rxa4 48. Rxf3+ Kg5 49. Ke2 Ra2 50. Rb3 Kg4 51. Kd2 Ra1 52.
Rg3+ Kh4 53. Rg2 Kh3 54. Re2 Rb1 55. Kc2 Rh1 56. b4 Rxh2 57. Rxh2+ Kxh2 58. b5
h4 59. b6 h3 60. b7 Kg2 61. b8=Q h2 62. Qg8+ Kh1 63. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd6
15. d4 Nb4 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxb4 Rxe4 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxe4
Bxe4 21. Rxa6 Bxc2 22. Rc6 Bxb3 23. Rxc7 h6 24. Rc5 Bc4 25. Bc3 Rd5 26. Rxd5
Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Bf3 g5 18. g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Nb4 20. Kb1 Rg8 21.
Rhd1 Nd3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6+ Kf8 24. Ba7 Rc8 25. Be4 Nxf4 26. Na4 c3 27. Nxc3
Ng6 28. Re2 Kg7 29. Rf1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Rxf5 Re8 33. Ref2
Re7 34. Kc2 Rcxe5 35. b4 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Re6 37. a4 Ne7 38. Rf2 f5 39. Kb3 Kf6
40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Re3 42. Rd2 Re6 43. Na4 f4 44. b6 Nc6 45. Nc5 Re3+ 46. Ka4
f3 47. b7 Kg5 48. Kb5 Nb8 49. Rd8 Re1 50. Rxb8 f2 51. Rf8 f1=Q+ 52. Rxf1 Rxf1
53. Ka4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. h3 h6 14. Nc4 Re8 15.
a5 Bb7 16. Ba4 Re6 17. c3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Re7 19. Nfd2 Ba7 20. Nb3 Ne8 21. Ne3 Red7
22. Ra4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd6 24. Ba3 Ne7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Bc6 27. Raa1 Bb5
28. Reb1 Kf8 29. f3 Ke8 30. Ba3 Ra8 31. Bb3 Bc6 32. c4 f5 33. exf5 Nexf5 34.
Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Re1 Nd4 36. Rxe5+ Kf7 37. Bd1 Rb8 38. f4 Nb3 39. Rb1 Rd2 40. Re2
Rbd8 41. Rxb3 Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 R1d3 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxc7 Bxg2 46.
Bb2 Bxh3 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Bf1 49. Rxa6 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Bxc4 51. Rb6 Kf7 52.
Bc3 Rc2 53. Bb4 h5 54. Rh6 h4 55. Rxh4 Kg6 56. Bd6 Ba6 57. Rg4+ Kf5 58. Rg3 Ke4
59. Be5 Ra2 60. Bc7 Rc2 61. Bb8 Rc5 62. Ra3 Rc2 63. Be5 Rd2 64. Bc7 Rc2 65. Be5
Rd2 66. Bc7 Rc2 67. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. c3
Be6 15. Be3 b6 16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Bf3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Bd4 Kf6 20. Bxe5+
Kxe5 21. Re1+ Kf6 22. Rd1 Ke5 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Rd1 Ke5 25. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8
15. d5 Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. a4 a6 19. c4 a5 20. Bc3 f6 21. Nd2
Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. c5 Bd3 25. Qe1 Nd5 26. Nb3 h6 27. Ra2 e4 28.
Raa1 Ra8 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. f4 Nc3 32. Nb3 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1
Qd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 f5 19. Rdg1 Rae8 20. Ne1 e5 21. Ng3
exd4 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxg4 Rf7 24. Bxh6 Bf6 25. Bd2 Ne5 26. Qe2 d3 27. Qe4 Qb6
28. b3 Qc5 29. h6 Qa3+ 30. Kd1 Qxa2 31. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Rc1 c6 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. a3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Na4
b6 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 g6 26. Qd3 Ne4 27. Qa6 Rc7 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nd2 c5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Rd1 Be5 34.
Nc4 Rc8 35. b3 Rc7 36. Qb5 Bf6 37. a4 Rc5 38. Qd7 Rc7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. g4 Kg7
41. Rd5 Bh4 42. Nd6 Rc2 43. Nxe4 Rb2 44. Rb5 Kf8 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. a5
bxa5 48. Rxa5 Rxb3 49. Rxa7 Rb2 50. Rd7 Kg7 51. Rd2 Rxd2 52. Nxd2 Kf6 53. Ke2
Ke6 54. Nf3 Bd8 55. Nd4+ Kd5 56. Kd3 Bb6 57. f3 Ba5 58. e4+ Kd6 59. f4 Be1 60.
Kc4 Bd2 61. e5+ Ke7 62. f5 gxf5 63. gxf5 Bg5 64. Kd5 Kf8 65. f6 Bd2 66. Ke4 Bc1
67. Kf5 Bd2 68. Nf3 Bc3 69. Ng1 Bd4 70. Ne2 Bb2 71. Nf4 Bc1 72. e6 fxe6+ 73.
Nxe6+ Kf7 74. Nd8+ Ke8 75. Nc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfc1 Kb8 18. Rab1 Ne6 19. Qe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ne6
21. Qe4 Nc5 22. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. c4 Qe4 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21.
Qd2 Qc2 22. Qf4 Qb2 23. Rd1 Bg6 24. Qxd6 Be4 25. Qf4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nxd4 27. Qd5
Nc6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. g3 g6 30. Bg2 Kg7 31. Qd3 Ne5 32. Qe3 Nc6 33. Qd3 Ne5 34.
Qe3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc8 15.
Nc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Qc2 f5 19. Kxg2 Nb6 20. e4 h6 21. Nf3
Qb7 22. Re2 Nc4 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. Nh4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Be7 26. Kg1 Bxh4 27. Rxh4
Raf8 28. Bf4 Qd5 29. Rg4 Rf6 30. Rg6 Nxa3 31. Qd3 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Rxf6
Rxf6 34. Rc1 g5 35. Be3 Rf7 36. Rc3 Nb5 37. Rxc4 Rd7 38. g4 Kf7 39. Kg2 Nd6 40.
Rc5 Nb5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rh5 Nxd4 43. Rxh6 Nc2 44. Rh7+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Bc5
Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nd3 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Rh7+ Ke8 51. Rh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. b3 h6 12. Bb2 Nf4 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Nd4
a5 15. Bc1 Ne6 16. Nde2 b6 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kh2 Ba6 19. Rf3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 c5 23. Nd5 Re8 24. c4 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Nec3 c6 27.
Nxb5 cxb5 28. Rd3 Kc8 29. Kg3 Nd4 30. Kf2 Kb7 31. Nc3 Kc6 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Rd6+
Kc7 34. Kxe2 f6 35. Rd5 Kc6 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rd5 Kc6 38. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nd7 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. c3 e5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Nc4 b6 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. f3 b5 17. Na5 Nf8 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. Qf2 Bf8 20. Rd2 a6 21. Rfd1 Rd7
22. Kh1 Rcd8 23. Na5 Rc8 24. Nb3 h6 25. g3 Rcd8 26. Na5 Qd6 27. f4 Qc7 28. Nb3
bxa4 29. Nc1 exf4 30. gxf4 f5 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. Qf3 Rg7 33. Ne2 Bd6 34. e5 Bf8
35. Ra1 Rgd7 36. Bg1 c4 37. d4 a3 38. bxa3 Rb8 39. a4 Rdd8 40. a5 Qb7 41. Rad1
Rd5 42. Ng3 Rxa5 43. h4 Qd7 44. d5 Rxd5 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. h5 Qf7 47. Rxd5 Rd8
48. Rxd8 Nxd8 49. hxg6+ Qxg6 50. Kh2 Ne6 51. Qb7+ Bg7 52. Be3 h5 53. Qb1 Bxe5
54. fxe5 f4 55. Qb7+ Kh6 56. Qf3 Qg4 57. Qxg4 hxg4 58. Bc1 Kg6 59. Ne2 Kf5 60.
Nxf4 Kxe5 61. Kg3 Nc5 62. Kxg4 Ke4 63. Ba3 Nd3 64. Ne6 a5 65. Kg5 Nf2 66. Nc5+
Ke3 67. Kf5 Nd1 68. Ke5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4
b5 9. f5 Ne5 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15.
Nc3 O-O 16. Rxa6 Qc8 17. Ra7 Rb4 18. Rf4 Qb8 19. Ra1 Ng6 20. Rf3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. Nc5 dxc5 23. Qxd7 Nh4 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bc4 Rxe3 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qf7 Bd6 28. Bd5 Bxh2+ 29. Kf2 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Rxb7 Bxb7 13. Bxb7 Bf6 14.
Bxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O Rc8 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bxd4 20. cxd4
Rxd4 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qc8 23. Qd4 a6 24. h4 h5 25. Bf4 f6 26. Qd3 e5 27.
Bc1 Kf7 28. Qf3 Kg6 29. Qd3+ Kf7 30. Qf3 Kg6 31. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. h4 h5 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Qe5 Qd6 20. Kb2 Bf5 21.
Ba6 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd2 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Rhe1 Kf8 25. Kc1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 e6 27.
Ne4 Ke7 28. Nf2 g5 29. hxg5 Nd5 30. Ne4 Nb4 31. Bc4 Nxa2+ 32. Kb2 Nb4 33. g3 a5
34. Nf6 Bg6 35. Rh2 Rd1 36. Nxh5 Bxh5 37. Rxh5 Rd2 38. g6 Rxc2+ 39. Kb1 fxg6
40. Rxa5 Rc3 41. Rg5 Rxf3 42. Rxg6 Nd5 43. Rg8 Kf7 44. Rd8 Rxg3 45. Rd6 Rg1+
46. Kb2 Rg2+ 47. Ka3 Ke7 48. Rxc6 Ra2+ 49. Kxa2 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O O-O
15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 d5 18. exd5 b5 19. Be2 Bc5 20. Kh1 exd5 21. Be3
Nc6 22. Ne6 Qxe6 23. Bxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. a4 Na5 26. Qb4 Nc4 27. Rbd1 Ne4
28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Be2 e3 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Ba6 32. Qb4 Rab8 33. Qa4 Ra8
34. Qb4 Nd2 35. Rfe1 Ne4 36. Kg1 Rab8 37. Qd4 Nf2 38. Ra1 Bxe2 39. Rxe2 Ng4 40.
h3 Ne5 41. Rxe3 Rbd8 42. Qc3 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 44. Rxe8+ Rxe8 45. Ra7 h6 46.
Bd4 Ne5 47. c4 Kh7 48. c5 h5 49. Ra6 Nd3 50. Ra3 Nf4 51. Be3 Nd5 52. Kf2 Re4
53. Rd3 Nxe3 54. Rxe3 Rc4 55. Re5 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 h4 57. Ke4 Kg6 58. Kd5 Rd2+ 59.
Ke6 Rxg2 60. c6 Rc2 61. Kd6 Kf6 62. Rd5 g5 63. c7 g4 64. Rc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O-O Bxe4 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qc7 Be7 21.
Bxc4 Bd8 22. Qc5+ Be7 23. Qc7 Bd8 24. Qc5+ Be7 25. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nc5 21. g3
a5 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qc2 Rxa2 24. Qxa2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Nxa6 26. Bf3 Bd6 27. Be3
Nc5 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rb1 b6 30. Kf1 g6 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. h3 Be7 14.
Kg2 h5 15. f3 hxg4 16. hxg4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Bxc7 f5 20. gxf5
Rg8+ 21. Kf2 Bc5+ 22. Ke2 Rg2+ 23. Kd3 Bxf5+ 24. Ne4 Ke7 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2
Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rg8 28. Rh1 Bd4 29. b3 Rg2+ 30. Kd3 Bg7 31. Bf4 b5 32. Rh5 a6 33.
a4 Rg4 34. Be3 Rg3 35. c4 Kd7 36. Ke2 bxa4 37. bxa4 Bc3 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rc7
Ke5 40. Rxc6 Bd4 41. Bd2 Ra3 42. Bc1 Ra1 43. Kd2 a5 44. Rh6 Rb1 45. Rh4 Bf2 46.
Rg4 Kd4 47. Kc2 Rb7 48. e5+ Kxe5 49. Bb2+ Kf5 50. Rg8 Bc5 51. Rd8 Bb4 52. Rd5+
Ke6 53. Bc3 Bxc3 54. Kxc3 Rb1 55. Kd4 Ra1 56. Rxa5 Kd6 57. Ra6+ Kc7 58. Kc5 Kb7
59. Rb6+ Kc7 60. Rb4 Rh1 61. Kb5 Rh5+ 62. c5 Rh1 63. a5 Kb7 64. a6+ Ka7 65. Rd4
Rb1+ 66. Kc6 Rh1 67. Rd8 Rh5 68. Kb5 Rh7 69. Rd5 Rh1 70. Rd7+ Kb8 71. c6 Rb1+
72. Kc5 Rc1+ 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74. Kc5 Rc1+ 75. Kd6 Rd1+ 76. Ke7 Rc1 77. Rd8+ Ka7
78. Kd7 Rd1+ 79. Kc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Be3 a5 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. Bd3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ba6 24. Qc2 cxd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Bf1 Bf8 27. Ne2 Nd7 28.
Nc3 Bb4 29. Red1 Qd6 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. a3 Bxa3 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Bb4 34. Nxc4
Qa6 35. Qa4 Nc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. d6 Rcd8 38. Nxe5 Qb6 39. Nc4 Bxf2+ 40. Kh1
Qa7 41. e5 Bg3 42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Qxa5 Qf2 44. Qc3 Bf4 45. Rb1 h5 46. Qe1 Qxe1 47.
Rxe1 f6 48. Bd3 Kh7 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Bxe5 51. g5 Kg7 52. gxf6+ Bxf6 53. Rg1
Rh8+ 54. Kg2 Rh4 55. Rb1 Rd4 56. Bf1 Rc8 57. Rb7+ Kh6 58. Rc7 Ra8 59. Rf7 Kg5
60. Rb7 Ra2+ 61. Kg3 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Ne3 Rcd8 21.
Qa4 d5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Bg4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc7 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. a4
g6 28. h4 h5 29. Re3 b6 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. g4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Kg7 34. h5
Rh8 35. Qf3 Rh6 36. Kf1 Ne7 37. Re5 gxh5 38. Bxh5 Rf6 39. Qg2+ Kf8 40. Qg5 Re6
41. Qf4 Rf6 42. Qg5 Re6 43. f4 Rf6 44. f5 Qxe5 45. dxe5 Rxf5+ 46. Qxf5 Nxf5 47.
Kf2 Ke7 48. Kf3 Ng7 49. Bg4 f5 50. exf6+ Kxf6 51. Kf4 a5 52. c4 dxc4 53. Ke4 c3
54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Kxc3 Kd5 56. Bf3+ Kc5 57. Be4 Ne6 58. Bg2 Nd4 59. Bf1 Nf5 60.
Bg2 Ne3 61. Bf3 Nd5+ 62. Bxd5 Kxd5 63. Kd3 Kc5 64. Kc3 b5 65. axb5 a4 66. b6
Kxb6 67. Kb4 a3 68. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. e4 d6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nf1 O-O-O
15. Ne3 h5 16. O-O-O Rdg8 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rh2 g4 19. Ka1 Rg5 20. Rhh1 Nf6 21.
Rb1 Rhg8 22. Rhe1 Rh8 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Qd2 h4 25. gxh4 Rxh4 26. g3 Rh8 27. Qe2
Rhg8 28. Rxg5 Qxg5 29. Rh1 Nf6 30. Rh4 Qa5 31. Nd1 Bc6 32. Kb2 Qg5 33. Ne3 Bb7
34. Nf1 Bc6 35. Ne3 Bb7 36. Nf1 Bc6 37. Nh2 e5 38. d5 Bd7 39. Nf1 Qg7 40. Qe3
Kc8 41. Qh6 Kd8 42. Qxg7 Rxg7 43. Rh8+ Rg8 44. Rh6 Ke7 45. Kc2 Rg7 46. Ne3 Rh7
47. Rxh7 Nxh7 48. Kd2 Kf6 49. Nc2 Kg5 50. Na3 Nf6 51. Nb5 Bxb5 52. cxb5 Ng8 53.
Ke3 Ne7 54. c4 Ng8 55. Bc2 Nf6 56. Kd2 Nd7 57. Kc3 Nc5 58. Bb1 Kh5 59. Bc2 Nd7
60. Kd2 Nf6 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Bd3 Kg7 63. Be2 Kf8 64. Bd1 Ke7 65. Be2 Kd8 66. Bd1
Kc8 67. Be2 Kb7 68. Bf1 a6 69. Be2 axb5 70. cxb5 Kc8 71. Bd1 Kd8 72. Be2 Ke7
73. Bd1 Kf8 74. Be2 Kg7 75. Bd1 Kh6 76. Be2 Kg5 77. Bf1 Ng8 78. Be2 f5 79. exf5
Nf6 80. Bc4 Kxf5 81. Bb3 Kg5 82. Bc4 Ng8 83. Bd3 Nh6 84. Bc2 Kf6 85. Bd3 Nf7
86. Be2 Kg5 87. Bd3 Nd8 88. Be4 Nb7 89. Bd3 Nc5 90. Bc2 Nd7 91. Bd3 Nf6 92. Be4
Kh6 93. Kd3 Kh5 94. Ke3 Kg5 95. Kd3 Ng8 96. Ke3 Nh6 97. Kd3 Nf7 98. Ke3 Kf6 99.
Kd3 Ng5 100. Ke3 Nh3 101. Ke2 Ng5 102. Ke3 Nf7 103. Kd3 Nd8 104. Ke3 Nb7 105.
Bd3 Nc5 106. Be4 Na4 107. Kd2 Kg5 108. Bc2 Nc5 109. Ke3 Nd7 110. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qf1 Re7 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. f3 Bf5 21. b3
Rfe8 22. Bf2 Bc2 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Re1 Re6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Bxe1
f5 28. b4 Kf7 29. Kf2 g5 30. Nb3 Bb1 31. a3 Ba2 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Kf6 34.
Ke3 Bd5 35. f4 g4 36. Bd2 Bc4 37. Be1 Bd5 38. Bd2 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 Bb8 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. g3 b6 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ba6
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Kg2 N7f6 24. Kf3 Ne8 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bd2 h5 27. h4 Kf7 28.
Bd3 Nd6 29. b5 Rc8 30. a4 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Nc8 32. Bc4 Nce7 33. Ne2 Bd6 34. Bb3
Nc7 35. Ke4 Ncd5 36. Kf3 Nc7 37. Ke4 Ncd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Nbd2
Rd8 15. Qc3 a5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bf1 a4 19. Nf3 a3 20. Nxe5 axb2 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27.
Qxb2 b4 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. f3 e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. Rd6
Ra7 34. Kf2 Bb1 35. Rd2 Bf5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kf4 Be6 38. Rd6 Rb7 39. h4 Rb5 40.
g4 h6 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Rc7 Rb6 43. Rc5 Rd6 44. Bxe6 Rxe6 45. Rb5 Ra6 46. Rxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3
Ne5 15. Be2 g5 16. h4 h6 17. Qd2 Qf4 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. g3 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 g4 21.
Nc4 d6 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rh8 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bb3 Rh8 31. Bd5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 f5 18. Nf2 Nf4 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Bb4 g5 21. Bc3
Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Nf4 23. Ne3 Qf7 24. Kb1 Nd5 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. c3 e4
28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. Qg4 e3 31. Bc1 e2 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Ne3 Qe4+ 34.
Ka1 Re8 35. Qd7 Re7 36. Qd2 Nd3 37. Rxe2 Nxc1 38. Qxc1 Be5 39. Qe1 Qd3 40. Rd2
Bxc3 41. Rxd3 Bxe1 42. Nf5 Re2 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Nxe3 Bb4 45. Kb1 Kf7 46. Kc2
Bf8 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Ke4 g4 49. Nxg4+ Kg5 50. Ne5 c5 51. b3 Bg7 52. Nc6 Kxh5 53.
Nxa7 Kg4 54. a4 Kg3 55. a5 h5 56. a6 h4 57. Nb5 Kxg2 58. a7 h3 59. a8=Q h2 60.
Qa2+ Kg1 61. Qb1+ Kg2 62. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. b3 Bb4 11. g3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bg2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qe7
15. h4 g5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Qxg5 18. Qc1 Nf6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc8+ Rxc8
21. Qxc8+ Ke7 22. Qxb7+ Ke8 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Ke8 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Qxa6 Qf5
27. Qa3+ Ke8 28. Qb2 Ng4 29. Bg2 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Qb1+ 31. Ke2 Qxa2+ 32. Kf3 Qxb3
33. Bf1 Qb1 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Qe2 Qc1 36. Kf2 Qb1 37. Qd3 Qb2+ 38. Be2 g6 39. Kg1
Kg7 40. Bd1 Qb4 41. Kg2 Qe7 42. Qe2 Qg5 43. Bc2 Qd8 44. Qf2 Qc7 45. g4 Kg8 46.
Qe2 Kg7 47. Bd3 Qc3 48. Qc2 Qa3 49. Qd2 Qb3 50. Bc2 Qa3 51. Qf2 Qc3 52. g5 Kg8
53. Bd1 Qd3 54. Bg4 Qc3 55. Kg3 Qc1 56. Be2 Qc3 57. Kf3 Qc2 58. Qh4 Qb1 59. Kf2
Qb2 60. Qh2 Qc2 61. Qh3 Kg7 62. Qf3 Kg8 63. Kg3 Qb1 64. Qf1 Qe4 65. Qf2 Qb1 66.
Bf1 Qb8+ 67. Kg2 Qb1 68. Kh3 Qd1 69. Qe2 Qb1 70. Qf3 Qb3 71. Ba6 Qb1 72. Kg2
Qc2+ 73. Qf2 Qb1 74. Kg3 Qb8+ 75. Qf4 Qb1 76. Qf1 Qb8+ 77. Kh3 Qb3 78. Bd3 Qc3
79. Qe2 Kg7 80. Kg4 Qc1 81. Bc2 Qb2 82. Qd1 Qc3 83. Bd3 Qb2 84. Qc2 Qa3 85. Qb1
Qc3 86. Kf3 Qc7 87. Qc2 Qb8 88. Kg4 Kh7 89. Kh3 Kg7 90. Qf2 Kg8 91. Kg4 Qa8 92.
Qc2 Qa1 93. Bxg6 Qg1+ 94. Kf4 Qf1+ 95. Ke5 Qh3 96. Kf6 Qh8+ 97. Ke7 Kg7 98. Bd3
Qb8 99. Qc6 Qa7+ 100. Kd8 Qb8+ 101. Kd7 Qa7+ 102. Qc7 Qa4+ 103. Qc6 Qa7+ 104.
Kc8 Qa3 105. Qc2 Qa8+ 106. Kc7 Qa5+ 107. Kb7 Qe1 108. Qe2 Qb4+ 109. Ka6 Qa4+
110. Kb6 Qb4+ 111. Bb5 Kg6 112. Qd3+ Kxg5 113. Kc6 Kf6 114. e4 dxe4 115. Qxe4
Qc3+ 116. Kd7 Qg3 117. Be2 Kg5 118. Ke8 Qf4 119. Qd3 Kf6 120. Qf3 Kg5 121. Qh5+
Kf6 122. Qxf7+ Kg5 123. Qe7+ Kf5 124. Bd3+ Kg4 125. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh3 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne5 14. b3 Bc8
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Nfg4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 fxe4 21.
Qe2 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxe4 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxa2 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Ra3 27.
Bxf6 exf6 28. Rfb2 Ra7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bd3 Rab7 31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Kd2 Bb5 33.
Bxb5 R8xb5 34. Kc3 Rb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rdd2 Re7 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rbd2 h5 39. Rxe5
fxe5 40. Ra2 Rd4 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Kg6 43. Re7 Rxd5 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. b4
cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 g4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Kc4 Rd4+ 49. Kc3 Kf7 50. Rh6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxc2 18. Rxa6 Rxb2 19. Qxb5 Qc8 20. Raxd6
Qc2 21. R6d2 Qxb3 22. Qe2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. g3 Qc4 25. Rd3 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7
27. Qe3 Ra8 28. Rc3 Qe6 29. Qd3 h5 30. h3 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra4 32. Rc7 Rb4 33. Qc2
Qb6 34. Rc6 Rb2 35. Rxb6 Rxc2 36. Rb5 Rc4 37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Nf3 Rc4 39. Nd2 Rc2
40. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qd3 f5 10. Rd1 f4 11. Bc1 e5 12. d5 c6 13. Nf3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Ng5 Rc2
21. Ne6 Rfc8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bc3 Kf6 24. Bf3 b5 25. g4 fxg3 26. hxg3 b4 27.
Bxb4 Rxb2 28. a3 Rcc2 29. g4 Rxf2 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bc2 32. Rf2 Kg7 33.
Kg2 Ra2 34. d6 e4 35. Bd1 Bxd1 36. Bc3+ Kh6 37. Rxa2 Kg5 38. Bd4 Kxg4 39. Rb2
Kf5 40. Be3 Ke6 41. Bf4 h5 42. Rd2 Bb3 43. Rf2 Nf6 44. Kg3 Bc4 45. Rd2 Bd3 46.
Kh4 Nd5 47. Kg5 Nxf4 48. Kxf4 Kxd6 49. Rg2 Kc5 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Rxg6 Ka4 52. Rh6
Kxa3 53. Rxh5 Kb4 54. Rh8 Ka3 55. Ra8 Kb4 56. Rxa6 Bxa6 57. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. b4 Qc7
9. a4 Bb7 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd4
Nxe5 16. Be2 Rae8 17. Bc3 Bc8 18. Ra2 Re7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa1 f5 21. Ra8 Ng4
22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Ne2 h5 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qa5 Qe7 26. Qb6 Bd7 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8
28. Nd4 Qe8 29. Qc7 Rf7 30. Ra1 h4 31. Re1 g5 32. f3 Re7 33. Kf2 Rf7 34. Kg1
Re7 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Qd6 Kg7 37. Kg1 Rf6 38. Qc7 Kh6 39. e4 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rf4
41. Re2 Bh3 42. Nf5+ Rxf5 43. exf5 Qxe2 44. Qxc6+ Kg7 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Ke8
47. Qc6+ Kf7 48. Qg6+ Ke7 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qg6+ Ke7 51. Qd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Na3 Bb4 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc6 20. Re5 b4 21.
Nb5 Nf6 22. Qf4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd4 c6 25. Na7 Qc7 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27.
Rxd5 Qxc2 28. Qxb4 h6 29. Rd7 Qc6 30. Qd4 Re8 31. b4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. h4
Qc6 34. Qd6 Qc1 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Rxf7 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qc6 38. Rf4 Qg6+ 39. Rg4
Qxd3+ 40. f3 Qe3 41. Qd6 Qe1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kf4 Qc1+ 45. Ke5
Qc3+ 46. Qd4 Qc7+ 47. Qd6 Qc3+ 48. Qd4 Qc7+ 49. Qd6 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Ncb4 O-O 14. h4 Bh6
15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bb5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21.
cxb4 Kh8 22. b5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qb6 24. O-O Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Bxf7 g5 27.
hxg5 Bxg5 28. Be6 Rb4 29. Bf5 d5 30. Ra5 dxe4 31. Rxe5 Bf4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33.
Bxe4 Rc8 34. Bf3 Rc1 35. Bd1 Kg7 36. g3 Bd2 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Rh1 Bc3 39. f4 h6
40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Re1 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. Kh3 Rc1 44. Kg4 Ra1 45. Rh1 Rc1 46.
Kf5 Ra1 47. Ke4 Bd8 48. Ke3 Bb6+ 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Kf3 Bf6 51. Kf2 Bd8 52. Ke1
Ra3 53. Kf2 Bb6+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kh3 Ra1 56. Bf3 Rxh1+ 57. Bxh1 Bd4 58. g4 Bc3
59. g5 hxg5 60. fxg5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
f5 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Rxg7 Ne4 11. Bd2 Qf6 12. Rg2 Nf8 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. O-O-O b6 15.
Kb1 Bb7 16. Qa4 Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 O-O 18. Qd1 Rae8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Re7 21.
h4 Kh8 22. Qh1 Rg7 23. Rd1 Rfg8 24. Rg5 Bc8 25. Ne2 f4 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 c5
28. Nc3 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Ne7 30. Bc2 Qh6 31. Ne4 Bb7 32. Qe1 Bb8 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34.
Ng5 Bd5 35. Nde6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. e4 Nfd7 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. O-O O-O 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. d5 Re8 18. g3 Qe7 19. b3 Rad8 20. Be3 cxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 b6 23. Qb5 Bf8 24. Rad1 Qb4 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Bc4 Kg7
28. Kg2 f6 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Rc1 Na6 31. Rc6 Bc5 32. a5 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Nc5 34.
axb6 Nd7 35. Rc7 Re7 36. Bc6 Rxb6 37. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qa5 8.
Bg2 Nxc3 9. O-O Nc6 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Nb3 Qe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Rab1 Be5 14. e3
Bxf4 15. exf4 O-O 16. Nc5 d5 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rc7 Nxc4 20. Rxc4
dxc4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qxc4 g6 23. Qc7 Qd4 24. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. g3 Ba8 21. axb5 axb5
22. b4 Bf8 23. Qb3 h6 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nfd7 27. Nfxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Red1 Rce8 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Qf3 c5 33. Qxf7+ Rxf7
34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Kb1 Be6 11. g3 Nc6 12. f4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 exf4 16. gxf4 Nb8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Qe4 g6 19. h4 Bf6 20. h5 Bg7 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. c3 Qf6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Nb6 25. f5 g5 26. Rdg1 Re5 27. Qh5
Kf8 28. Nf3 Rxc3 29. Nxe5 Rc7 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Ng6+ Qxg6 32. fxg6 Nxd5 33.
gxf7 Nf4 34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Kh8 12. h4 c6 13. Kg2 Nf6 14. Nd3 b5 15. b3 Rb8
16. Nf2 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qd2 cxd5 20. cxd5 Neg8 21. Rac1 Ba8 22.
Qc2 Rf7 23. Qd3 Ne7 24. Kg1 h5 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. g5 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rf4 28. Rc4
Rxh4 29. Qg3 Rf4 30. Nd3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Qxa4 33. c5 Qxa2 34. cxd6
Nf5 35. Rxf5 Qxe2 36. Rf2 Qe4 37. d7 Qxd5 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rf6 Qxd7 40. Nxe5
Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qf1 Re7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 f6 24. b3 h5 25. c4 Bb4 26. Ra2 Bf5 27. Rc1 g5 28.
h3 Kf7 29. Nf1 Rd7 30. Kh2 Bd3 31. Ra6 Re6 32. Ra8 Re8 33. Ra6 Re6 34. Ra8 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 h6 10. Rb1 c6 11. d5 c5 12. Bd2 Nh7 13. Qc1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Bxh6 e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd2 Nhf6 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf1 Nfg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21.
Ne2 Rh8 22. Qc3+ Qf6 23. f4 exf3 24. Qxf3 Bd7 25. Qc3 Ne5 26. Nf4 Kf7 27. Re3
Rh4 28. g3 Rg8 29. Kh1 Qg7 30. Nd3 f4 31. Nxe5+ dxe5 32. Rxe5 Qh6 33. gxh4 Qg6
34. Ng3 Qxb1+ 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Qe5 Qf6 37. Qc7 Rd8 38. Rf1 f3 39. Ne4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Kb1
Qc5 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Kb8 17. f5 Rdg8 18. Qf3 h5 19. Nf4 h4 20. Rhe1 Bd8
21. c3 Bc7 22. Bc2 Qe5 23. g3 Qc5 24. g4 Bc8 25. h3 Qe5 26. Nh5 Bb6 27. Qf1 Re8
28. Nf4 Rhg8 29. Re2 Bc7 30. Nd3 Qg3 31. Nf4 Bb6 32. Rde1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc6 19. a4 Be6 20. Ra3 Rxa8 21.
Rd3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 h5 23. Rc3+ Kd7 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 h4 26. Rb4 Rb8 27. Ke2
Ne5 28. Rb3 Nc6 29. Rd1 f6 30. Kf2 Na5 31. Rc3 Nc6 32. Rb3 Na5 33. Rc3 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 14. Rc1 Bd6
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. a3 Ke7 17. Ba2 Bb7 18. h3 Rhc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21.
Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Ne1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Qg4 h5 15.
Qh4 f6 16. Be3 c4 17. axb5 Bd5 18. Ra4 Be7 19. bxc4 g5 20. Nxg5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
fxg5 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Rfa1 h4 25. d5 h3+ 26. Kg1 Rg8 27. Qd3 exd5
28. cxd5 Ke8 29. d6 Bd8 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 c2 32. d7+ Nxd7 33. Qe4+ Kf8 34.
Qf5+ Bf6 35. Bc1 Qc3 36. Qxh3 Rg7 37. Kg2 Qd4 38. Ba3+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Qf5
g4 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 a6 13. b3 Kb8 14. c4
Rdf8 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Be2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Qc3 f6 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. b4 Ne7 21.
Kb2 Nc8 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Re8 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bf1 Bg8 27. Bd4
Rf4 28. a4 Qf7 29. Qb3 Qf8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Nb6 32. Qb3 d5 33. Rxh7 Nc4+
34. Ka2 g5 35. Rh8 Qf7 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Bc3 g4 38. Rxd5 gxf3 39. gxf3 Nb6 40.
Re5 Qd8 41. a5 Ra4+ 42. Kb2 Nc4+ 43. Kc1 Qf8 44. Kb1 Na3+ 45. Ka1 Rf4 46. Ka2
Nc4 47. Rh5 Rxf3 48. b6 cxb6 49. axb6 Nxb6 50. Rb5 Nd7 51. Rxb7+ Kc8 52. Rxd7
Kxd7 53. Qb7+ Ke6 54. Qc6+ Qd6 55. Qxf3 Qa6+ 56. Kb1 Qb6+ 57. Bb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9.
Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 h5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nb6
Ra7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rdg1 Qb8 19. Nf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 a4 21. Qe2 b3
22. a3 Bf6 23. g3 Qb7 24. h3 Raa8 25. Rg2 Qa7 26. Rhg1 Rag8 27. Bc3 Kc8 28. Be1
Kb7 29. Kd1 Qa6 30. Qxa6+ Kxa6 31. Ke2 Kb5 32. Kd3 Rg6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
fxg4 35. Rxg4 Rhh6 36. Rxg6 Rxg6 37. Rh1 Bg7 38. Rh2 f6 39. Bc3 Rg4 40. Rf2 Rg3
41. Rh2 Rg1 42. Rf2 Rg4 43. Rh2 Rg3 44. Be1 Rg6 45. Bc3 Rg1 46. Rf2 Rd1+ 47.
Ke2 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Be2 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Ra3
Nd8 22. Re1 Rc2 23. b4 Nc6 24. b5 Nb4 25. Rb3 Na2 26. h4 h5 27. Bf1 Rac8 28. b6
a6 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Ke7 32. Bd2 Kd7 33. Rb2 Nc3 34. Bxc3 Rxc3
35. Bxa6 Kc8 36. Be2 Kb8 37. Bb5 Kc8 38. Rb4 Ra3 39. Ba4 f6 40. exf6 gxf6 41.
a6 bxa6 42. Bd7+ Kb7 43. Bxe6 Ra5 44. Bd7 Bd3 45. Bc6+ Kb8 46. Rb2 Bc4 47. f3
Ra1 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Re1 50. h5 Re6 51. Bd7 Re7 52. Bf5 Kb7 53. h6 a5 54.
h7 Re8 55. g5 fxg5 56. Rg2 a4 57. Rxg5 a3 58. Rg8 a2 59. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa7 15.
Bg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Nac5 Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Na5 Qa8 21.
Bc7 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Rfxd8 23. h3 h6 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nc5 Nc4 26. Rc3 b6 27. Nd3 Nd6
28. Rfc1 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rc8 30. Qc2 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qc8 32. Qxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. d3 Qe7 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Ba1 Rd7 20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Qb2 f6
22. d4 Qf8 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Kg1 c5 25. Ne5 Bxg2 26. Nxd7 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qg7 28.
Nxb6 g5 29. Qe2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 gxf4 31. Qh5 Rb8 32. Na4 cxd4 33. Bxd4 e5 34. Bf2
fxg3 35. Be3 Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kg2 Rg8 38. Nc3 Ke6 39. Ne4 Be7 40. Bc5 Bd8
41. Nxg3 f5 42. Kh3 f4 43. Ne4 Kf5 44. Re1 h5 45. b4 Rg4 46. Bf2 Be7 47. c5 f3
48. c6 Bd8 49. Rd1 Bc7 50. Ng3+ Ke6 51. Rd7 Bd6 52. Nxh5 Rc4 53. Ng7+ Kd5 54.
Bc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rad8
15. Bf3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxb4 Rxd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Na4 Qd6
21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nc5 Rd2 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc4 25. Nxb7 Nxb2 26. Bf3 Nd5
27. Na5 Nc3 28. Nxc6 a6 29. Kf1 Nxa2 30. Be2 Nc3 31. Bxa6 Ne4 32. Ke2 Nd6 33.
Bd3 Na4 34. e4 Nc3+ 35. Ke3 Nd1+ 36. Kf3 f6 37. Bc2 Nc3 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd4 Ne2+
40. Kd5 Nf7 41. Ke6 Kg7 42. g3 Ng1 43. Nd4 Nxh3 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46.
Nf5+ Kg6 47. f3 Nd8+ 48. Kd7 Nf7 49. Ke6 Nd8+ 50. Kd7 Nf7 51. Ke7 h5 52. Ba4 g4
53. f4 Nh6 54. Be8+ Kh7 55. Kxf6 Nxf4 56. gxf4 Nxf5 57. Bg6+ Kh6 58. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. Nc4 f6 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Nf7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bc1
g5 16. Bb2 Bxc4 17. dxc4 h5 18. Ne1 Qc8 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 g4 21. h4 Qe6 22.
Ra4 O-O 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. g3 Kh7 25. Nd3 Nh8 26. Ra6 fxg3 27. fxg3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1
Qf6+ 29. Nf2 Rb8 30. Bc3 Rb1+ 31. Be1 Ng6 32. Qd3 Nf8 33. Rxa7 Qh6 34. Ke2 Ne6
35. Bc3 Rg1 36. Bxe5 Qc1 37. Nd1 Rg2+ 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Ke1 Rg1+
41. Ke2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. O-O Kh8 18. Re1 Qe7 19. Rc1 b6 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 Ra3 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bg6 25. Bb1 Ra1 26. Qe2 Rfa8 27. Nc3 Bxb1 28.
Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qg5 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. f3 gxf3 34. Qxf3
Rf8 35. Qa3 Nf5 36. Bf2 Qf7 37. Qd3 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Qxd5 39. Ng5 Qxd4+ 40. Qxd4
exd4 41. cxd6 cxd6 42. Nf3 Be5 43. Re1 Rf5 44. Re4 Kg7 45. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 46. Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qd2 h5 14. Bf4 Qg6 15.
Qe3 O-O-O 16. g3 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Bg2 e5 19. dxe5 Bb6 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. O-O Nd3
22. Be3 Qg4 23. Qxg4+ hxg4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. f3 gxf3 26. Rxf3 Nxe5 27. Rf5 Rde8
28. Bf1 Kc7 29. Be2 Bc8 30. Rg5 Rhg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Kg2 Kd6 33. h5 Ke7 34.
Rf1 Be6 35. Kf2 Bg4 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rh1 Kf6 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Rh1 Rd8 40. Rd1
Rh8 41. Rh1 Kf6 42. Rf1+ Ke6 43. Rh1 Rd8 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Nxd1 Kf6 46. Bxg4
Nxg4+ 47. Kf4 Ne5 48. Nf2 c5 49. g4 b4 50. axb4 cxb4 51. g5+ Ke6 52. Ke3 b5 53.
h6 f6 54. h7 Ng6 55. gxf6 Kxf6 56. Kd4 Kg7 57. Kc5 c3 58. bxc3 bxc3 59. Nd3
Kxh7 60. Kxb5 c2 61. Kb4 Nf4 62. Nc1 Kg6 63. Kb3 Kf6 64. Kxc2 Ke5 65. Nd3+ Kxe4
66. Nxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Nb3 f6 13. Bd2 Nf7 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Na5 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21.
Rb1 Qc6 22. Bc3 e5 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. Ba5 Rd4 25. Bc3 Rd7 26. Red1 Bf8 27. Ba5 Qe6
28. Rb2 Bh6 29. Rdb1 Bxd2 30. Bxd2 Qxc4 31. Qxc4+ Bxc4 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8+
Kf7 34. Be3 Rc7 35. a3 Bd3 36. f3 f5 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Re8 c4 39. Rxe5 c3 40. Rc5
Rxc5 41. Bxc5 c2 42. Be3 fxe4 43. fxe4 Kf6 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke1 Kxe4 46. Bg5 Kd4
47. Kd2 Kc4 48. g3 Bf5 49. g4 Kb3 50. Kc1 Bd7 51. Be7 a6 52. Bb4 Be6 53. Be7 a5
54. Bd8 a4 55. Be7 Kc3 56. Bf6+ Kd3 57. Be7 Bd7 58. Bf6 Bc8 59. Be7 Kc3 60.
Bf6+ Kb3 61. Be7 Be6 62. Bb4 Bd5 63. g5 Bg2 64. h4 Bf3 65. Be7 Kc3 66. Bb4+ Kd3
67. Ba5 Be4 68. Bb4 Ke2 69. Bc3 Kf2 70. Bb4 Kg3 71. Be1+ Kg4 72. Bf2 Kf4 73.
Be1 Ke3 74. Bb4 Kf4 75. Bd2+ Kg4 76. Be1 Kf4 77. Bd2+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Nf5 cxd4 16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. g4 Nd5 20. g5 Qb6
21. Nf3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. c4 N5b6 24. g6 f6 25. Re2 Rad8 26. b3 Nf8 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Rxe6 Kg7 30. Kc2 Bb4 31. Rc6 Kh6 32. Rxf6 Kxh5 33.
g7 Rg8 34. Rf7 Nc8 35. Rc7 Ne7 36. Rxa7 Rxg7 37. Ne5 Bc5 38. Rxa6 Bxf2 39. Nd3
Bg1 40. b4 Kg5 41. Kc3 Kf5 42. a4 Rg4 43. Rd6 Nc8 44. Rd8 Nb6 45. c5 Nxa4+ 46.
Kb3 Nxc5+ 47. Nxc5 Ke5 48. Rd1 Bxc5 49. bxc5 Ke6 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52.
Rd3 Ke7 53. c7 Rg8 54. Rd8 Rxd8 55. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. b3 g6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Ba3
c6 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Rad1 c5 20. d5 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22.
Qe3 Ba6 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Ngf1 Nb6 25. Bb3 Nh5 26. c4 Rb7 27. Qc3 Nd7 28. Ne3
Nhf6 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Qc2 Reb8 31. Ba2 Nb6 32. Bb3 Bf4 33. g3 Bh6 34. Kg2 Qd7
35. Rb1 Ra7 36. Qc3 Bc8 37. Rh1 Rbb7 38. Ra1 Qe8 39. Ng4 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Nbxd5
41. cxd5 Bxd2 42. Qd3 Bg5 43. f3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Bc4 Qxa4 46. Bxc5 Rb2+
47. Bf2 Qd7 48. Ra2 Rab7 49. Qa3 Rxa2 50. Qxa2 Qc7 51. Rd1 Qb8 52. Qxa5 Rb2 53.
Qe1 Kg7 54. Kg1 Qc8 55. Bf1 Qc2 56. Bd3 Qa4 57. Ra1 Qb3 58. Rb1 Bd8 59. Rxb2
Qxb2 60. Qe2 Qc1+ 61. Qe1 Qb2 62. Qe2 Qb4 63. Qe3 Nxg3 64. f4 exf4 65. Qxf4 Nh5
66. Qe3 Kg8 67. Kg2 Qb2 68. Be2 Qxe2 69. Qxe2 Nf4+ 70. Kf3 Nxe2 71. Kxe2 Bf6
72. Kf3 Be5 73. Kg4 f6 74. Be3 Kf7 75. Kf3 Ke7 76. Ke2 Kd7 77. Kd3 Kc7 78. Kc4
Kb7 79. Kb5 g5 80. Bg1 g4 81. Bf2 g3 82. Be3 g2 83. Bg1 Bb2 84. Ka4 Ka6 85. Kb4
Be5 86. Kc4 Ka5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. axb3 Bc6
15. Qa6 Bb7 16. Qa5 O-O 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Bxc7 Rfc8 19. Be5 Rd8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Ne8 22. Ra4 f6 23. Bc3 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e3 Kf7 26. Nf3 Rab8 27. Rxa7
Rxb3 28. Ne1 Ke6 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. Ra6 Ke7 31. Ra5 d4 32. exd4 cxd4 33. Bxd4 Bc7
34. Ra4 Bb6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Bxb6 Rxb6 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Nf4+ Kh6 39. Re2 Rdb8
40. Ra5 g5 41. Nd3 Nd6 42. Rd5 Kg6 43. h4 gxh4 44. g4 Nf7 45. Kh3 Rd6 46. Nf4+
Kg7 47. Nh5+ Kg6 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Nh5+ Kg6 50. Rxd6 Nxd6 51. Re6 Ne8 52. Kxh4
Kf7 53. Re2 Rb4 54. Rd2 f5 55. f3 fxg4 56. fxg4 Nf6 57. Nxf6 Kxf6 58. Kh5 Rb3
59. Rf2+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Rb5+ 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Rg2 Rb4+ 63. Ke5 Kg5 64. Kd6 Rxg4 65.
Rxg4+ Kxg4 66. b4 h5 67. b5 h4 68. b6 h3 69. b7 h2 70. b8=Q h1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rfd1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. f4 Nf5 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Nd1
b6 21. Ne3 a5 22. Nxf5+ Bxf5 23. Ke3 Rh6 24. Nf3 c5 25. Ng5 Rh8 26. Nf3 Rh6 27.
Ng5 Rh8 28. Nf3 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. a4 c4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. Be3
Nxb4 16. Rc1 Na2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rc1 Na2 19. Ra1 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Ra3 g5 20. Be3 f6 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4+ Kg7 23. Rb3 Nd6 24. Bd5 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27.
Rb6 Nc4 28. Rxc6 Nxa5 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Kf1 Nb3 32. Rc4 Na5 33. Ra4
Nc6 34. Rxa6 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Cheparinov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nc5 14. Qd2 g4 15. Nh4
a5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4 18. h3 Bh6 19. Qe1 e4 20. Rf1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22.
g4 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Ra6 24. Ng2 Bd4 25. Qg3 Qg5 26. Rad1 Bxf5 27. Nb5 Qg7 28. Kh2
Bg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxc7 Rf6 31. Nb5 Bxb2 32. g5 Rf5 33. Bg4 Rf7 34. Rb1 Nd3
35. Rxb2 Nxb2 36. Qa3+ Kg8 37. Qxb2 Rf1 38. Nd6 Qe7 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Qxe5 Qg7
41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Nxb7 Rf2 43. c5 Rd2 44. c6 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. c7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Inarkiev, E."]
[Black "Gashimov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14.
b3 Kb8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Be2 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Kb2 Rde8
21. Bc4 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Bf7 23. Bf1 Bg6 24. Bf2 Kc8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Kd8 27.
a3 Qf5 28. Bd3 Qg5 29. Bf1 Qf5 30. Bd3 Qg5 31. Bf1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Akopian, Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 Qxf3
8. gxf3 Ne7 9. h4 h5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 12. Be2 Ng6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Bxg4
hxg4 15. h5 Ne7 16. Rh4 Ng6 17. Rh1 Ne7 18. Rh4 Ng6 19. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Eljanov, P."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f3 Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. Na2 Be7 15.
Kh1 Nh5 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Rd1 Bb4 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nbd5 21. Nc5
Nd7 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Re1 Qb6 25. Bc4 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Rf1 Kg7
28. Rad1 Rcd8 29. f4 Re4 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nf3 Qc7 32. f5 Rde8 33. Bd3 R4e7 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35. Nh4 Rh8 36. Bxg6 Rxh4 37. Qxh4 Kxg6 38. Rf4 Bd2 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40.
Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Rg7 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Rxf6 Qe7 44. Qxf8+ Qxf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8
46. Rxd2 Ke7 47. g3 Kd6 48. Kg2 b5 49. h4 Kd5 50. Kh3 bxa4 51. h5 Ke4 52. Kh4
Rd7 53. g4 c5 54. d5 c4 55. Rc2 Kd4 56. h6 a3 57. bxa3 c3 58. g5 Kd3 59. Rxc3+
Kxc3 60. g6 Rd6 61. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Re8 15.
Nd5 fxe4 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. fxe4 Nc6 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Be3 c6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Rf1 Rf8 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Rf3 Bg7 24. Raf1 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Qf3 h5 28. Qxf8+ Bxf8 29. Be2 Kg7 30. b5 Kf6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Bd3 Kxe6 33. Kf2
Ke5 34. Kf3 Bh6 35. h3 a5 36. a4 Bg5 37. Kg3 Bf4+ 38. Kf2 g5 39. Kf3 Bd2 40.
Kg3 Bb4 41. Kf3 Bc3 42. Kg3 Bd2 43. Kf3 Bf4 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kf3 Bc1
47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Kf3 Be3 49. Kg3 Bg1 50. Kf3 Bh2 51. g3 Bg1 52. Kg2 Be3 53. Kf3
Bd2 54. Ke2 Bb4 55. Kf2 Bc3 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kd1 Bb4 58. Ke2 Bc5 59. Kd2 Ke5 60.
Ke2 Bb6 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Ke2 Ke6 63. Bc2 Kf6 64. Bd3 Bc7 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Kf3 Bd8
67. Ke2 Bf6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Kf2 Ke5 70. Kf3 Bg7 71. Kf2 Bh6 72. Kf3 Bf8 73. Kf2
Be7 74. Kf3 Bd8 75. Ke2 Bb6 76. Kf3 Ba7 77. Ke2 Bc5 78. Kf3 Bb4 79. Kf2 Bd2 80.
Ke2 Bc3 81. Kf2 h4 82. gxh4 gxh4 83. Kf3 Bd2 84. Kg4 Be1 85. Kf3 Bg3 86. Kg4
Ke6 87. Kf3 Kd7 88. Ke2 Bf4 89. Bc2 Kc7 90. Kd3 Be5 91. Bd1 Kb6 92. Bh5 Kc5 93.
Be8 d5 94. exd5 cxd5 95. cxd5 Kxd5 96. Bf7+ Kc5 97. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gashimov, V."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nh4 Nb6 20. Ng6 d5 21. Nxf8
Kxf8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bc5+ Kg8 24. Qe2 Re6 25. a4 Qe8 26. f3 Rd8 27. Red1 Rd7
28. axb5 axb5 29. Bc2 Nb2 30. Rdb1 Nc4 31. Rd1 Nb2 32. Rdb1 Nc4 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakovenko, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3
Qxc3 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rad8 22. Ra6 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxa7 Rc8 25. g3 Rc2 26. Kg2
Rdd2 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 Kg7 29. a6 Rd6 30. Re1 Rdxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qb3 b6 13. e4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qe6 exf3 16. Bc4 Qc8 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. gxf3 bxc5 20. O-O-O Qf8
21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Qxh7 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd8 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qe4 Qh6+ 26. f4 Rxd4
27. Qxd4 Qh1+ 28. Kc2 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qe1 30. Qd4 Qe2+ 31. Kc3 Qe1+ 32. Qd2 Qa1
33. a3 Qg1 34. Qe2 Kd7 35. Qd3+ Ke8 36. Qe3 Kf8 37. Kb4 Qd1 38. Kc3 a5 39. Qd3
Qc1+ 40. Qc2 Qf1 41. Kd4 a4 42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Ke3 Qf1 44. Qc2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qh1+
46. Kg4 Qg2 47. f5 Qf1 48. Qd2 Qb5 49. Qd4 Qe2+ 50. f3 Qg2 51. Qc3 c5 52. Kf4
Qh2 53. Kg4 Qg2 54. Qc1 Qh2 55. Qxc5 Qxb2 56. Qe3 Qb3 57. Qc1 Qg8+ 58. Kh3 Qh7+
59. Kg4 Qg8+ 60. Kh3 Qh7+ 61. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15.
Be3 Qe8 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Re1 Ba8 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. a3 Kh8 20. Qc2 h6 21. g4 Ncd4
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 d6 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Bxa8 Bxe5 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Rxe5 Qxa8 29. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. c4 Ba6 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Bxc7
21. d5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Rxb6 Bc7 25. Rc6 1/2-1/2

